Few things all randomly thrown together.
Jun. 9th, 2005 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1. I'm seeing a lot of comments from people I don't know. Hi-hi! Who are you? Come introduce yourselves! Tell me how you found me!
1a. The rest of youse can do that too.
1b. You can lie about yourself if your real life isn't interesting enough. I won't mind.
2. I'm going to rewrite my userinfo soon. I think I'll model the form after![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
book_icons, and stick it all in an entry somewhere. Much cleaner. Anybody have any questions they'd like answered?
3. How can something be the "very first"? Isn't that like being "very unique"?
4. We've been having blackouts. I don't get it. It's not even that hot yet!
5. Believe it or not, I'm actually going offline today for a substantial period of time. Going to the bookstore. The air-conditioned bookstore. Should be fun!
6. Okay. Since response was generally positive, who's up for a game of Calvinball this weekend? A real game, in Central Park (or another park, whatever)?
7. I need to buy some shorts.
1a. The rest of youse can do that too.
1b. You can lie about yourself if your real life isn't interesting enough. I won't mind.
2. I'm going to rewrite my userinfo soon. I think I'll model the form after
book_icons, and stick it all in an entry somewhere. Much cleaner. Anybody have any questions they'd like answered?3. How can something be the "very first"? Isn't that like being "very unique"?
4. We've been having blackouts. I don't get it. It's not even that hot yet!
5. Believe it or not, I'm actually going offline today for a substantial period of time. Going to the bookstore. The air-conditioned bookstore. Should be fun!
6. Okay. Since response was generally positive, who's up for a game of Calvinball this weekend? A real game, in Central Park (or another park, whatever)?
7. I need to buy some shorts.
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Date: 2005-06-09 06:05 am (UTC)The very first
Date: 2005-06-09 07:00 am (UTC)Emphasis, I'd say -- using "the very first" emphasises that this is the first X, and that this is notable.
For example, in "I fell in love with him the very first time I set eyes on him" emphasises the fact that this was the first time, since it would be unusual for a first time; "I fell in love with him the first time I set eyes on him" has less emphasis on "the first time" and uses it more as a neutral adverbial phrase, setting the time.
Perhaps a bit like the difference between "I don't get it" and "I don't ***ing get it", where the second is more emphasised and the first is more a neutral statement of fact.
That username wouldn't make sense to me, either, since I'd expect "very" to be with something extreme, such as a superlative form of an adjective -- and while "first" and "last" are extremes along a continuum, "third" is in the middle.
I suspect it's supposed to play with your head.
Re: The very first
Date: 2005-06-09 12:21 pm (UTC)And it worked!